Jewish identity and politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba : groups, normativity, and rituals /

The 300 years between the beginning of Maccabean resistance against Seleucid rule and the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt were formative for the development of Jewish identity in antiquity. The frequent political changes (from Seleucid to Hasmonean, Herodian and Roman rule) presented profound challenge...

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Other Authors: Eckhardt, Benedikt.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 155.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.

Subjects:

Bar Kokhba, > d. 135.

Jews > History > 168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews > Politics and government > To 70 A.D.

Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.